Who Owned Baseball – August 31, 2019

Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post

Let’s see owned baseball on August 31, 2019

Earning Full WOBs:

Jalen Beeks came into the game in the second and gave Tampa Bay 3 shutout innings to earn the 9-6 decision over Cleveland.

Anthony Rendon homered twice in the Nationals 7-0 victory over Miami.

Ronny Rodríguez drove in 5 runs with 2 homers to help the Tigers top Minnesota, 10-7.

Stephen Strasburg struck out 14 over 8 shutout innings to help the Nationals blank the Marlins 7-0.

 

Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Dylan Bundy struck out 7 Royals over 6 innings but the Orioles bullpen blew the lead and ultimately the 7-5 game.

Mitch Garver reached base 4 times, with 2 homers, but the Twins dropped the 10-7 slug fest to Detroit.

Sonny Gray pitched into the 7th, allowing 1 unearned run over 6 2/3 innings. The Reds bullpen melted down and the Cardinals walked off with the 3-2 final.

Justin Turner went 3 for 4 with a homer but the Dodgers were edged out by Arizona, 6-5.

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Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2019

Mike Trout – 7 1/2

Nelson Cruz – 6

Rafael Devers – 5 1/2

Gleyber Torres – 5 1/2

Xander Bogaerts – 5

Yoán Moncada – 5

Gio Urshela – 5

Randal Grichuk – 4 1/2

Matt Chapman – 4

Mookie Betts – 3 1/2

Edwin Encarnación – 3 1/2

Joey Gallo – 3 1/2

J. D. Martinez – 3 1/2

Austin Meadows – 3 1/2

Jorge Polanco – 3 1/2

Marcus Semien – 3 1/2

Tim Beckham – 3

Asdrubal Cabrera – 3 (AL ONLY)

C. J. Cron – 3

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – 3

Whit Merrifield – 3

Danny Santana – 3

José Abreu – 2 1/2

Yordan Álvarez – 2 1/2

Tim Anderson – 2 1/2

Kole Calhoun – 2 1/2

Khris Davis – 2 1/2

Mitch Garver – 2 1/2

Alex Gordon – 2 1/2

Aaron Judge – 2 1/2

Hunter Pence – 2 1/2

Jorge Soler – 2 1/2

Daniel Vogelbach – 2 1/2

Luke Voit – 2 1/2

Elvis Andrus – 2

Hunter Dozier – 2

Freddy Galvis – 2 (AL ONLY)

Ryon Healy – 2

Kevin Kiermaier – 2

Jason Kipnis – 2

Brandon Lowe – 2

Trey Mancini – 2

Roberto Pérez – 2

Jurickson Profar – 2

Eddie Rosario – 2

Carlos Santana – 2

Mallex Smith – 2

George Springer – 2

Hanser Alberto – 1 1/2

Bo Bichette – 1 1/2

Jackie Bradley Jr – 1 1/2

Michael Brantley – 1 1/2

Jeimer Candelario – 1 1/2

Jason Castro – 1 1/2

Michael Chavis – 1 1/2

Shin-Soo Choo – 1 1/2

Didi Gregorius – 1 1/2

Teoscar Hernández – 1 1/2

Adalberto Mondesi – 1 1/2

Tom Murphy – 1 1/2

José Ramírez – 1 1/2

Shohei Ohtani – 1 1/2

Ronny Rodríguez – 1 1/2

Miguel Sanó – 1 1/2

Anthony Santander – 1 1/2

Pedro Severino – 1 1/2

Mike Tauchman – 1 1/2

Rowdy Tellez – 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Christian Yelich – 7 1/2

Josh Bell – 7

Pete Alonso – 6

Bryce Harper –  5 1/2

Javier Báez – 5

Cody Bellinger – 5

Eduardo Escobar – 5

Anthony Rendon – 5

Ronald Acuña Jr. – 4 1/2

Nolan Arenado – 4 1/2

Manny Machado – 4

Max Muncy – 4

Franmil Reyes – 4 (NL ONLY)

Charlie Blackmon – 3 1/2

Ketel Marte – 3 1/2

Hunter Renfroe – 3 1/2

Starlin Castro – 3

Mike Moustakas – 3

Juan Soto – 3

Trevor Story – 3

Michael Conforto – 2 1/2

Derek Dietrich – 2 1/2

Paul Goldschmidt – 2 1/2

Starling Marté – 2 1/2

Brian McCann – 2 1/2

Daniel Murphy – 2 1/2

Kevin Newman – 2 1/2

J. T. Realmuto – 2 1/2

Ozzie Albies – 2

Aristedes Aquino – 2

Orlando Arcia – 2

Austin Barnes – 2

Ryan Braun – 2

Nicholas Castellanos (NL ONLY) – 2

Garrett Cooper – 2

Brandon Crawford – 2

Corey Dickerson – 2

Josh Donaldson – 2

Brian Dozier – 2

Jarrod Dyson – 2

Freddie Freeman – 2

Freddy Galvis – 2 (NL ONLY)

José Iglesias – 2

José Martínez- 2

Justin Turner – 2

Jesus Aguilar – 1 1/2

Nick Ahmed – 1 1/2

David Bote – 1 1/2

Jay Bruce – 1 1/2

Kris Bryant – 1 1/2

Lorenzo Cain – 1 1/2

Robinson Canó – 1 1/2

Austin Dean – 1 1/2

Adam Frazier – 1 1/2

Evan Longoria – 1 1/2

Ryan McMahon – 1 1/2

Marcell Ozuna – 1 1/2

A. J. Pollock – 1 1/2

Jean Segura – 1 1/2

Will “Louisville” Smith – 1 1/2

Eugenio Suárez – 1 1/2

Mike Yastrzemski – 1 1/2

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Shane Bieber – 11 1/2

Trevor Bauer – 9 (AL Only)

Justin Verlander – 9

Gerrit Cole – 8 1/2

Lance Lynn – 7 1/2

Mike Minor – 7 1/2

José Berríos – 6

Lucas Giolito – 5 1/2

Masahiro Tanaka – 5 1/2

Reynaldo López – 5

Charlie Morton – 5

Chris Sale – 5

Yonny Chirinos – 4 1/2

Mike Fiers – 4

Kyle Gibson – 4

Brad Keller – 4

James Paxton – 4

Martín Pérez – 4

Marcus Stroman – 4

Iván Nova – 3 1/2

Blake Snell – 3 1/2

Homer Bailey – 3

J. A. Happ – 3

CC Sabathia – 3

Matthew Boyd – 2 1/2

Dylan Bundy – 2 1/2

Griffin Canning – 2 1/2

Jakob Junis – 2 1/2

Mike Leake – 2 1/2

John Means – 2 1/2

Frankie Montas – 2 1/2

Jake Odorizzi – 2 1/2

Felix Peña – 2 1/2

Brett Anderson – 2

Carlos Carrasco – 2

Aaron Civale – 2

Marco Gonzales – 2

Andrew Heaney – 2

Jorge López – 2

Mike Montgomery – 2

Eduardo Rodríguez – 2

Aaron Sanchez – 2

Matt Shoemaker – 2

Asher Wojciechowski – 2

Ryan Yarbrough – 2

Chris Bassitt – 1 1/2

Jalen Beeks – 1 1/2

Danny Duffy – 1 1/2

Jack Flaherty – 1 1/2

Brad Keller – 1 1/2

Yusei Kikuchi – 1 1/2

Zach Plesac –  1 1/2

David Price –  1 1/2

Clayton Richard – 1 1/2

Adrian Sampson – 1 1/2

Glenn Sparkman – 1 1/2

Trent Thornton – 1 1/2

Spencer Turnbull –  1 1/2

Leaders for National League Pitchers Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Jacob deGrom – 11 1/2

Patrick Corbin – 8 1/2

Hyun-Jin Ryu – 7

Max Scherzer – 7

Stephen Strasburg – 7 (6 as a pitcher, 1 as a hitter)

Walker Buehler – 6 1/2

Madison Bumgarner – 6

Luis Castillo –  6

Sonny Gray – 5 1/2

Zack Greinke – 5 1/2 (NL Only)

Clayton Kershaw – 5 1/2

Noah Syndergaard – 5 1/2

Jon Gray – 5

Cole Hamels – 5

Miles Mikolas – 5

José Quintana – 5

Mike Soroka – 5

Kyle Hendricks – 4 1/2

Dakota Hudson – 4 1/2

Aaron Nola – 4 1/2

Zach Eflin – 4

Yu Darvish – 3 1/2

Steven Matz – 3

German Márquez – 3

Brandon Woodruff – 3

Sandy Alcantara – 2 1/2

Dallas Keuchel – 2 1/2

Jordan Lyles – 2 1/2

Kenta Maeda – 2 1/2

Robbie Ray – 2 1/2

Aníbal Sánchez – 2 1/2

Zack Wheeler – 2 1/2

Chris Archer – 2

Jerad Eickhoff – 2

Jack Flaherty – 2

Zac Gallen – 2

Eric Lauer – 2

Joey Lucchesi – 2

Chris Paddack – 2

Trevor Richards – 2

Jeff Samardzija – 2

José Ureña – 2

Jason Vargas – 2

Jake Arrieta – 1 1/2

Trevor Bauer – 1 1/2 (NL ONLY)

Zach Davies – 1 1/2

Anthony DeSclafani – 1 1/2

Jon Lester – 1 1/2

Pablo Lopez – 1 1/2

Joe Musgrove – 1 1/2

Caleb Smith – 1 1/2

Michael Wacha – 1 1/2

Combined AL and NL WOB Total for Hitters 2019 MLB

Franmil Reyes – 4 1/2 (4 NL, 1/2 AL)

Asdrubal Cabrera – 4 (3 AL, 1 NL)

Freddy Galvis – 4 (2 AL, 2 NL)

Nicholas Castellanos – 2 1/2 (2 NL, 1/2 AL)

Yasiel Puig – 1 1/2 (1 NL, 1/2 AL)

Combined AL and NL WOB Total for Pitcher 2019 MLB

Trevor Bauer – 10 1/2 (9 AL, 1 1/2 NL)

Tanner Roark – 1 1/2 (1 NL, 1/2 AL)

Players Who Owned Baseball For One Day in 2019 MLB

Willy Adames, Matt Adams, Jorge Alfaro, Greg Allen, Albert Almora Jr., José Altuve, Brian Anderson, Homer Bailey, Jake Bauers, Tyler Beede, Brandon Belt, Andrew Benintendi, Alex Bregman, Michael Brosseau, Asdrubal Cabrera (NL ONLY) Miguel Cabrera, Andrew Cashner, Jhoulys Chacín, Jesse Chavez, Mike Clevinger, Willson Contreras, J. P. Crawford, Travis d’Arnaud, Chris Davis, Paul DeJong, Brandon Drury, Robert Dugger, Steven Duggar, Adam Duvall, Adam Eaton, Phillip Ervin, Erick Fedde, Mike Ford, Dexter Fowler, Todd Frazier, Ben Gamel, Avisail Garcia, Kevin Gausman, Sam Gaviglio, Tyler Glasnow, Gio González, Marwin Gonzalez, Niko Goodrum, Yasmani Grandal, Robbie Grossman, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Kyle Hendricks, Kiké Hernández, David Hess, Jason Heyward, Keston Hiura, Eric Hosmer, Rhys Hoskins, Adrian Houser, JaCoby Jones, Matt Joyce, Ariel Jurado, Merrill Kelly, Howie Kendrick, Max Kepler, Scott Kingery, Ian Kinsler, Peter Lambert, Dinelson Lamet, Wade LeBlanc, D. J. LeMahieu, Jonathan Lucroy, Jordan Luplow, Tyler Mahle, Manuel Margot, Nick Markakis, Steven Matz, Nomar Mazara, James McCann, Jeff McNeil, Oscar Mercado, Justin Miller, Yadier Molina, Omar Narváez, Renato Núñez, Rougned Odor, Matt Olson, Thomas Pannone, Joc Pederson, Dillon Peters,  Tommy Pham, Josh Phegley, Kevin Pillar, Michael Pineda, Stephen Piscotty, Nick Pivetta, Buster Posey, Yasiel Puig (NL ONLY), Josh Reddick, Austin Riley, Tanner Roark (NL ONLY), Victor Robles, Dereck Rodríguez, Amed Rosario, Tyson Ross, Gary Sanchez, Domingo Santana, Kyle Schwarber, Corey Seager, Kyle Seager, Jimmie Sherfy, Tyler Skaggs, Justin Smoak, Myles Straw, Hunter Strickland, Dansby Swanson, Chris Taylor, Mike Thaiss, José Urquidy, Framber Valdéz, Ildemaro Vargas, Alex Verdugo, Stephen Vogt, Joey Votto, Adam Wainwright, Christian Walker, Luke Weaver, J. B. Wendelken, Trevor Williams, Jesse Winkler, Jordan Zimmermann

Players Who Owned Earned 1/2 A WOB 2019 MLB

Logan Allen, Chase Anderson, Scott Barlow, Jacob Barnes, Tucker Barnhart, Cavan Biggio, Andrew Blackmon,  Steven Brault, Brock Burke, Melky Cabrera, Trevor Cahill, Victor Caratini, Matt Carpenter, Nicholas Castellanos (AL ONLY), Harold Castro, Matt Chapman, Robinson Chirinos, Ji-Man Choi, Carlos Correa, Cheslor Cuthbert, David Dahl, Delino DeShields, Ian Desmond, Ross Detwiler, Kyle Dowdy, Jon Duplantier, Robbie Erlin, Thomas Eshelman, Marco Estrada, Peter Fairbanks, Junior Fernández, David Fletcher, Tyler Flowers, Kyle Freeland, Cam Gallagher, Luís Garcia, Brian Goodwin, Dee Gordon, Terrance Gore, Chad Green, Yuli Gurriel, Ryne Harper, Matt Harvey, Adeiny Hechavarria, Elieser Hernández, Felix Hernandez, Aaron Hicks, Ender Inciarte, Danny Jansen, Jake Jewell, Eloy Jiménez, Ian Kennedy, Branden Kline, Tommy La Stella, Ryan Lavarnway, Francisco Liriano, Tim Locastro, Dawel Lugo, Jake Marisnick, Richie Martin, Andrew McCutchen, T. J. McFarland, Reese McGuire, Brendan McKay, Billy McKinney, Adalberto Mejía, Wade Miley, Shelby Miller, Dylan Moore, Adam Morgan, Colin Moran, Dovydas Neverauskas, Jake Newberry, Daniel Norris, Wes Parsons, Brad Peacock, Tim Peterson, Manny Piña, Adam Plutko, Gregory Polanco, Drew Pomeranz, Yasiel Puig (AL ONLY), Albert Pujols, Cal Quantrill, Roman Quinn, Sean Reid-Foley, Zac Reininger, Franmil Reyes (AL ONLY), Bryan Reynolds, Anthony Rizzo,  Tanner Roark (AL ONLY), Hansel Robles, Sean Rodríguez, Miguel Rojas, Héctor Rondón, Tyler Saladino, Pablo Sandoval, Patrick Sandoval, Tayler Scott, Travis Shaw, Andrelton Simmons, Dominic Smith, Dwight Smith Jr., Cy Sneed, Chad Sobotka, Donovan Solano, Bubba Starling, Matt Strahm,  Chris Stratton, Dillon Tate, Fernando Tatís Jr., Julio Teheran, Blake Treinen, Christian Vazquez, Vince Velasquez, Jonathan Villar, Jacob Waguespack, Jeremy Walker, Neil Walker, Ryan Weber, Tyler Webb, Matt Wisler, Kolten Wong, Hunter Wood, Jordan Yamamoto, Alex Young, Ryan Zimmerman,

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